Driving Simulation Study on Speed-change Lanes of the Multi-lane Freeway Interchange

Analysis of the Driver’s Behavior Characteristics in Low Volume Freeway Interchange

“…In recent several decades, the level of design and construction of the expressway has been developed significantly. Without any doubt, researchers and engineers spare no efforts to improve the traffic safety on the expressway from various aspects, such as geometric design [22,23], transport facilities [24], traffic flow [25], and driver behavior [26]. Many studies indicated that traffic accidents usually reflect human factors [27], where understanding drivers' behavior under many kinds of traffic condition is very important.…”

Decoupled Longitudinal and Lateral Vehicle Control Based Autonomous Lane Change System Adaptable to Driving Surroundings

“…Since the 1980s, numerous transportation researchers have attempted to model lane changing behaviors, using three broad modeling categories: stimulus response, discrete choice, and psychological models [8]. Discrete choice models are wellestablished and operate on a three step process: lane changenecessity checking, target-lane selection, and gap acceptance decision [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. These model are also designed to represent various types of lane changing behaviors, including mandatory lane changing, discretionary lane changing, and forced lane changing.…”

“…By analyzing these data, several researchers have attempted to formulate the factor correlations associated with lane changes (e.g., lane time durations and distances, distances and velocities relative to surrounding vehicles, sizes of acceptable spacing margins, boundary conditions, etc. [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]). From this research, numerous multi-stage motions involved in lane changing have been clearly identified.…”

“…Lane changes have been extensively investigated. In transportation research, various studies have sought to identify the lane change process, the size of the acceptance gap, and the longitudinal interaction behaviors with surrounding vehicles [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. However, severe limitations arise when applying the models directly to an autonomous driving controller, owing to a lack of feedback control laws and vehicle dynamics information.…”

Speed Behavior of Passenger Car on Helical Ramps and Helical Bridges in Mountain Riverside City

“…Using a similar approach, Wang and Yang [9] measured the velocities of passenger cars at the theoretical gore, the mid-point of the deceleration lane, and the physical gore of an expressway interchange and obtained a model for calculating the lengths of the deceleration lanes. Guo et al [10] used a driving simulator to simulate the driving process on the entrance and exit ramps of expressways and analyzed speed behavior in the deceleration and acceleration lanes based on the use of the accelerator/brake pedals. Wang et al [11] used vehicle-mounted equipment to continuously measure driver eye movement, vehicle speed, and lane usage in the expressway interchange area and analyzed the driving behavior in a merging area, ramp area, and diverging area.…”